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Job Seekers After College

  • 05-05-2018 1:02pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 712 ✭✭✭


    Hello,

    Just wondering how long it takes after leaving college to receive job seekers?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,420 ✭✭✭splinter65


    Hello,

    Just wondering how long it takes after leaving college to receive job seekers?

    If you’ve left college altogether for good you might need evidence of that.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 712 ✭✭✭Bitches Be Trypsin


    I'd be able to supply evidence. Is there a waiting period between finishing education and starting claiming jsa?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,420 ✭✭✭splinter65


    I'd be able to supply evidence. Is there a waiting period between finishing education and starting claiming jsa?

    No. After the Leaving Cert there is but not 3rd level.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,671 ✭✭✭GarIT


    Yes, there is, three months.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,420 ✭✭✭splinter65


    GarIT wrote: »
    Yes, there is, three months.

    Students
    If you have just left school, you cannot get Jobseeker's Allowance. To get Jobseeker's Allowance you must have been out of school for 3 months and you must be at least 18 years of age.

    Third-level students cannot claim Jobseeker's Allowance or Benefit while they are studying full-time. This disqualification also applies to the summer holiday periods between academic years (unless you are a mature student). However, once you have finished college permanently you can claim a jobseeker's payment if you cannot find work. This is also the case if you leave college without finishing your course.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 712 ✭✭✭Bitches Be Trypsin


    Thank you!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,671 ✭✭✭GarIT


    splinter65 wrote: »
    Students
    If you have just left school, you cannot get Jobseeker's Allowance. To get Jobseeker's Allowance you must have been out of school for 3 months and you must be at least 18 years of age.

    Third-level students cannot claim Jobseeker's Allowance or Benefit while they are studying full-time. This disqualification also applies to the summer holiday periods between academic years (unless you are a mature student). However, once you have finished college permanently you can claim a jobseeker's payment if you cannot find work. This is also the case if you leave college without finishing your course.

    I tried to apply for JSA after finishing a 4 year degree in 2016 and was denied as I had to wait three months after leaving university before I could apply. Same situation for my ex girlfriend in 2015 and one or two other friends.


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